:: DEFINE | Management Consultancy & Training Provider In UAE, Abu Dhabi,Dubai,Saudi Arabia ::

MAINTAIN INSTRUMENTED PROTECTION SYSTEMS (IPS)

Location

Barcelona, Spain

Date

From Date: 20-Oct-2025
To Date: 24-Oct-2025

Duration

5 days

Language

ENGLISH

Discipline

MAINTENANCE & RELIABILITY ENGINEERING

Introduction

This course provides essential knowledge and hands-on skills to inspect, test, and maintain instrumented protection systems (IPS) used in safety-critical industrial environments. Participants will learn how to ensure these systems operate reliably, comply with standards like IEC 61511, and maintain required Safety Integrity Levels (SIL). Ideal for technicians and engineers working with automated safety systems in industries such as oil & gas, mining, and manufacturing.

Objective

Participants will be able to:

This course provides the knowledge and practical skills required to inspect, test, and maintain instrumented protection systems (IPS) in accordance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. It emphasizes safety integrity, compliance, and reliability of systems designed to prevent hazardous events.

Audience

Electricians, instrumentation technicians, or engineers working with safety-critical systems
Maintenance personnel in oil & gas, mining, energy, manufacturing, or processing industries

Content

Day 1: Introduction to IPS and Functional Safety

Overview of Instrumented Protection Systems (IPS)
Role of IPS in industrial safety
Introduction to Functional Safety concepts
Standards overview: IEC 61508 & IEC 61511
Safety Lifecycle and its phases

Day 2: IPS Components and Safety Integrity Levels (SIL)

Key IPS components: sensors, logic solvers, final elements
Types of instrumented protective functions
Understanding and applying SIL requirements
SIL determination and allocation
Failure modes and reliability concepts

Day 3: Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of IPS

Routine inspection procedures for IPS
Preventive and predictive maintenance techniques
Proof testing principles and execution
Managing bypasses and overrides safely
Use of diagnostic tools and software

Day 4: Troubleshooting and System Verification

Fault-finding techniques and case studies
System diagnostics and loop checks
Verifying IPS performance against safety requirements
Common issues in field devices and controllers
Functional testing of logic solvers and safety relays

Day 5: Documentation, Compliance & Assessment

Recording maintenance and testing activities
Compliance with regulatory and site-specific requirements
Safety instrumented system documentation practices
Course review and Q&A
Practical and theory assessment

NOTE:

Pre & Post Tests will be conducted.

Case Studies, Group Exercises, Group Discussions, Last Day Review & Assessments will be carried out.

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Certificate

Define Management Consultancy & Training Certificate of course completion will be issued to all attendees.

Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information and knowledge transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. You will also be encouraged to raise your own questions and to share in the development of the right answers using your own analysis and experiences. Tests of the multiple-choice type will be made available on a daily basis to examine the effectiveness of delivering the course.

All presentations are made in excellent colorful power point. Very useful Course Materials will be given.

30% Lectures
30% Workshops and work presentation
20% Group Work& Practical Exercises
20% Videos& General Discussions

Course Details